nhl Game Recap
Pittsburgh Skates Past New York 5-4 - Recap
The Rangers came up short Saturday against the Penguins, falling 5-4.
The Penguins were a -106 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.
Pittsburgh got goals from Jake Guentzel, Kasperi Kapanen, Brandon Tanev, Jason Zucker, and Sidney Crosby in the victory. Zucker opened the scoring at 7:39 of the first period.
Casey DeSmith stopped 30 of 34 New York shots in the victory.
Kevin Rooney, Chris Kreider, Artemi Panarin, and Brendan Lemieux scored for the Rangers, finding the net behind Casey DeSmith.
Alexandar Georgiev stopped 33 of 38 shots for the Rangers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Pittsburgh went 0-for-4, while the Rangers were 1-for-5 with the man advantage.
New York lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 38-34.